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System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Kdb vs. Linter vs. Rockset vs. TimesTen

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonLinter  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsHigh performance Time Series DBMSRDBMS for high security requirementsA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to Oracle
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#346  Overall
#152  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score1.31
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comkx.comlinter.rurockset.comwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.html
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestcode.kx.comdocs.rockset.comdocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcrelex.ruRocksetOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005
Initial release20162000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003199020191998
Current release3.6, May 201811 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languagePythonqC and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Android
BSD
HP Open VMS
iOS
Linux
OS X
VxWorks
Windows
hostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesdynamic typingyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.noyesnono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (q)yesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
LINQ
ODBC
OLE DB
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
HTTP RESTJDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Ruby
Tcl
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes infoproprietary syntax with the possibility to convert from PL/SQLnoPL/SQL
Triggersyes infowith viewsyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningnoneAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpoints
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesrights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolefine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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